Tag: Rated R

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THE INVISIBLE MAN review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): What you can’t see can hurt you. Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss stars in a terrifying modern tale of obsession inspired by Universal’s classic monster character. Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel BIRDS OF PREY review

About the film (courtesy of Warner Bros.): You ever hear the one about the cop, the blonde, the psycho and the mafia princess? Birds of Prey: (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is a twisted tale told by Harley herself, as only Harley can tell it. When one of Gotham’s most sinister villains, …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THE RHYTHM SECTION review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): Blake Lively stars as Stephanie Patrick, an ordinary woman on a path of self-destruction after her family is tragically killed in a plane crash. When Stephanie discovers that the crash was not an accident, she enters a dark, complex world to seek revenge on those responsible and find …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THE GENTLEMEN review

About the film (courtesy of STX Entertainment): The Gentlemen follows American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey) who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel BAD BOYS FOR LIFE review

About the film (courtesy of Columbia Pictures): The Bad Boys Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are back together for one last ride in the highly anticipated Bad Boys for Life. It’s been almost 17 years since we last saw Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) together on the …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel LIKE A BOSS review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): Best friends Mia and Mel (Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne) are living their best lives running their own cosmetics company they’ve built from the ground up. Unfortunately, they’re in over their heads financially, and the prospect of a big buyout offer from a notorious titan of the cosmetics …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel BOMBSHELL review

About the film (courtesy of Lionsgate): Based on the real scandal, Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; Fox News, and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it. Starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow and Margot Robbie. …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel RICHARD JEWELL review

About the film (courtesy of Warner Bros.): Directed by Clint Eastwood and based on true events, Richard Jewell is a story of what happens when what is reported as fact obscures the truth. “There is a bomb in Centennial Park. You have thirty minutes.” The world is first introduced to Richard Jewell as the security …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel QUEEN & SLIM review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man (Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya) and a black woman (Jodie Turner-Smith, in her first starring feature-film role), are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel 21 BRIDGES review

About the film (courtesy of STX Entertainment): 21 Bridges follows an embattled NYPD detective (Chadwick Boseman), who is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected pursuit of him. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on who he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit …